Carabanchel Prison

Prisión Provincial de Madrid
LocationCarabanchel, Madrid, Spain
Coordinates40°22′53″N 3°45′19″W / 40.3815°N 3.7553°W / 40.3815; -3.7553
Population2,000 men and 500 women (as of 1999)
Closed1998

Carabanchel Prison (Spanish: Cárcel de Carabanchel) was a prison located in the Carabanchel neighbourhood of Madrid, Spain. It was opened in Francoist Spain in 1944 to house political prisoners after the Spanish Civil War. Carabanchel Prison was one of the biggest prisons in Europe until its closure in 1998 and its demolition in 2008.

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